Literary Genres and Subgenres

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Authors of stories in this genre are often “retelling” the story. It may say “adapted by,” “retold by,” or the author may be “unknown.”

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Folklore

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Most stories fall into this genre, which means that the text is made-up or a product of the imagination.

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Fiction

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The two subgenres of this main genre include tragedy and comedy.

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Drama

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Writing that is “true,” factual, informative or persuasive

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Nonfiction

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Very short stories with talking animals and a moral

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Fable

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Stories with magic and/or talking animals, usually have a human main character and start with “once upon a time”

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Fairy Tale

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Stories with gods and/or goddesses that usually account for the creations of something

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Myth

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Stories that could actually happen but didn’t

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Realistic Fiction

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Stories with aliens, advance technology, of futuristic weapons

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Science Fiction

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Fictional stories based on or around important people or events from the past

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Historical Fiction